Erastus Root

Erastus Root (16 March 1773-24 December 1846) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-NY 14) from 1803 to 1805 (preceding John Russell), from NY-12 from 1809 to 1811 (succeeding Nathan Wilson and preceding Arunah Metcalf), from NY-8 from 1815 to 1817 (succeeding Samuel Sherwood and preceding Dorrance Kirtland), and from NY-11 from 1831 to 1833 (succeeding Perkins King and preceding John Cramer).

Biography
Erastus Root was born in Hebron, Windham County, Connecticut in 1773, and he became a lawyer in Delhi, New York in 1796. He went on to serve in the State Assembly from 1798 to 1802 and in the US House of Representatives from 1803 to 1805, from 1809 to 1811, from 1815 to 1817, and from 1831 to 1833. From 1823 to 1824, he served as Lieutenant Governor, and, in 1824, he had some support during his failed vice-presidential bid. He returned to the State Assembly from 1826 to 1828 and in 1830 and served in the State Senate from 1840 to 1843, and he died in 1846.